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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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