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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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