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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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