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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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