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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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