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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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