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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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