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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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