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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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