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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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