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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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