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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically 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 several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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