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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies 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 participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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