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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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