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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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