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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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