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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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