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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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