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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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