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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually 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 subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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