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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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