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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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