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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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