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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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