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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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