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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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