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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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