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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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