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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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