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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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