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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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