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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key 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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