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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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