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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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