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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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