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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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