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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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