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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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