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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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