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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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