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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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