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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers 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 MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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