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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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