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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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