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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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