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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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