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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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