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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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