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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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