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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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