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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major 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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