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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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