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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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