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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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