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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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