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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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