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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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