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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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