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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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