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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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