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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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