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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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