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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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