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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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