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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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