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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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