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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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