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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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