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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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