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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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