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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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