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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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