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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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