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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education