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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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