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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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