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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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