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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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