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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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