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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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