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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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