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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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