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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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