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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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