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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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