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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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