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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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