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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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