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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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