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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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