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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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