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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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