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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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