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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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