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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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