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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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