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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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