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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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