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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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