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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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