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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different 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 educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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