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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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