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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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