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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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