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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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