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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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