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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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