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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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