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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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