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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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