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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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