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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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