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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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