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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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