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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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