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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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