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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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