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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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