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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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