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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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