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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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