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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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