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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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