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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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