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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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