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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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