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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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