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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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