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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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