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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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