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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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