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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing 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 educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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