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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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