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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business 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 manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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