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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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