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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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