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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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