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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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