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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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