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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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