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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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