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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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