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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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