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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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