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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low 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 learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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