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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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