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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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