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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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