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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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