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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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