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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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