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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed 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 original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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