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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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