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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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