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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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