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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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