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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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