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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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