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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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