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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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