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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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