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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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