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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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