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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models 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 educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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