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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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