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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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