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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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