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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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