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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations 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 institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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