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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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