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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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