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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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