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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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