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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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