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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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