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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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