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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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