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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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