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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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