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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee 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 massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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