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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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