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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions 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 classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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