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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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 MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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