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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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