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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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