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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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