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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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