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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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