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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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