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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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