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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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