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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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