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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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