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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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