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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different 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 optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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