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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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