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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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