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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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