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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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