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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models 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 educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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