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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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