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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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