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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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