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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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