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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This 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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