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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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