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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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