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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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