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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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