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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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