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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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