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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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