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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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