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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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