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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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