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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies 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 teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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