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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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