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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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