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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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