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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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