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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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