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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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