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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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