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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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