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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major 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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