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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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