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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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