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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major 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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