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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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