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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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