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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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