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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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