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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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