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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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