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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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