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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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