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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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