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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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