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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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