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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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