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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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