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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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