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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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