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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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