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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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