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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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