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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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