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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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