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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the 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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