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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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