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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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