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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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