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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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