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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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