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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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