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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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