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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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