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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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