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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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