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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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