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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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