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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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