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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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