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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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