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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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