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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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