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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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