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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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