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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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