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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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