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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major 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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