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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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