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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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