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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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