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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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