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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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