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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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