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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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