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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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