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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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