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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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