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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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