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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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