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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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