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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education