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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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