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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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