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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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