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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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