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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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