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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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