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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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