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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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