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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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