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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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