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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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