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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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