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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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