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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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