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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines 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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