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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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