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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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