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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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