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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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