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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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