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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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