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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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