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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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