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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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