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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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