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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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