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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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