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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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