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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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