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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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