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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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