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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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