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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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