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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What 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 stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers 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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