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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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