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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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