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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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