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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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