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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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