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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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