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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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