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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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