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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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