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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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