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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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