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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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