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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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