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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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