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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What 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 institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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