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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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