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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. 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 online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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