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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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