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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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