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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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