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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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