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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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