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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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