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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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