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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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