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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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