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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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