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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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