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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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