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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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