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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources