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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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