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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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