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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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