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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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