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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies 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 participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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