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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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