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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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