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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers 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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