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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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