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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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