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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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