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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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