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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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