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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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