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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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