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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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