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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business 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 manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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