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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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