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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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