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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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