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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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