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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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