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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major 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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