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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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