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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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