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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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