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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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