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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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