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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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