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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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