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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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