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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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