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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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