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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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