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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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