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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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