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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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