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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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