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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important 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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