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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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