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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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