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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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