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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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