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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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