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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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