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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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