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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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