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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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