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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This 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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