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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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