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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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