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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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