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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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