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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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