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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed 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 organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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