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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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