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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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