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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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