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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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