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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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