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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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