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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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