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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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