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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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