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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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