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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the 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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