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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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