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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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