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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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