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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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