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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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