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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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