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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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