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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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