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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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