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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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