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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the exciting 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 inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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