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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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