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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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