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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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