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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. 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 massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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