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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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