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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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