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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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