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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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