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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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