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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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