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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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