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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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