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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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