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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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