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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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