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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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