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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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