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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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