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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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