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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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