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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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