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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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