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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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