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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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