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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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