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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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