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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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