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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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