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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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