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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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