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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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