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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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