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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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