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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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