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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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