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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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