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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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