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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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