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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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