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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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