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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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