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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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