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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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