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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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