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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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