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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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