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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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