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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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