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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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