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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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