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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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