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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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