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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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