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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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