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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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