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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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