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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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