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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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