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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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