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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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