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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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