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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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