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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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