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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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