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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education