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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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