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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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