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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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