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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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