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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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