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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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