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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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