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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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