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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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