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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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