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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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