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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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