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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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