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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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