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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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