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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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