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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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