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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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