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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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