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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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